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In other other news, my nephew asked me to create a Chad Vader stuffed toy for him. (You may recall from years back that I made a stuffed bunny for his older sister's first birthday.) I had no idea how to do it. Figured I'd go to the fabric store, get a bunch of black cloth (plus a little yellow for the banana peel), and see what I could do. Then I realized that there were probably some Darth Vader plush toys out there already. And, indeed, there were.
I ended up getting a Darth Vader "talking" plush toy. It arrived today:
The body is out of all proportion, but I figure I'm cheating enough using starter materials like this. Plan is to keep the head and the "talking" mechanism (if you press on his chest, he makes the breathing sound) and possibly the belt and chest plate, go to the fabric store (sadly, the local one closed, so it'll be a bit of a trip), find something that's a reasonable match, and redo the body in proportion to the head. And then make a banana peel and sew it on to the bottom of the foot. And maybe do a nametag - embroidered or sticker, I haven't decided. And probably add his name and mine to the inside of the cape. I don't know. The bunny had step-by-step instructions and outlined shapes to cut. And that was 9 years ago. So, basically, I have only the vaguest idea of what I'm doing. We'll see how it goes. (And if, by the time I finish it, he even remembers who Chad Vader is...)
Oh, nifty little thing: I was shopping around and Toys R Us had a sale that if you bought two items from a certain category, you could get the 3rd free. Vader was one of them. So I got some neat toys for the kids (getting one free). But the manufacturer was running another special that whatever you buy for $20 or more from them, they'll send you a free gift. So I get two things free from them, too! And I only had to spend $40 to get all that free stuff! ;)
I ended up getting a Darth Vader "talking" plush toy. It arrived today:
The body is out of all proportion, but I figure I'm cheating enough using starter materials like this. Plan is to keep the head and the "talking" mechanism (if you press on his chest, he makes the breathing sound) and possibly the belt and chest plate, go to the fabric store (sadly, the local one closed, so it'll be a bit of a trip), find something that's a reasonable match, and redo the body in proportion to the head. And then make a banana peel and sew it on to the bottom of the foot. And maybe do a nametag - embroidered or sticker, I haven't decided. And probably add his name and mine to the inside of the cape. I don't know. The bunny had step-by-step instructions and outlined shapes to cut. And that was 9 years ago. So, basically, I have only the vaguest idea of what I'm doing. We'll see how it goes. (And if, by the time I finish it, he even remembers who Chad Vader is...)
Oh, nifty little thing: I was shopping around and Toys R Us had a sale that if you bought two items from a certain category, you could get the 3rd free. Vader was one of them. So I got some neat toys for the kids (getting one free). But the manufacturer was running another special that whatever you buy for $20 or more from them, they'll send you a free gift. So I get two things free from them, too! And I only had to spend $40 to get all that free stuff! ;)
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(And yay, free stuff!)